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Gears of War 2 Matchmaking Issue Addressed

Epic's Senior Producer assures gamers that fixing matchmaking issues is a high priority.

Epic Games' Gears of War 2 has been experiencing online matchmaking issues, according to some gamers. Late yesterday afternoon, Epic's Senior Producer Rod Fergusson posted a thread on the official GoW2 forums stating that the company is looking into ways to fix this issue and that it is their number-one priority.

"We're aware that some folks are experiencing longer-than-ideal wait times while using the skill-based Public matchmaking in Gears 2 multiplayer. We're working on some solutions but it's a complicated issue as there isn't any one problem; it's a combination of factors. Clearly, scale is one of them as we've had millions of successful matches played online so far, however a small percentage of players are having issues, which is unacceptable. We're working closely with Microsoft to address the matchmaking issues, I promise you that it is our #1 priority, and we hope to have an update soon.

In the meantime, I would like to suggest some workarounds:

If you're experiencing long delays (longer than 2 minutes) or you're seeing your matchmaking search restarting over and over again, please try a different playlist as that indicates a possible population issue with the currently selected one."